Differing associations of white matter lesions and lacunar infarction with retinal microvascular signs

International Journal of Stroke

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 921-925

  Liew, Gerald ^a   Baker, Michelle L ^b   Wong, Tien Y ^b,c   Hand, Peter J ^b   Wang, Jie Jin ^a,b   Mitchell, Paul ^b   De Silva, Deidre A ^d   Wong, Meng Cheong ^e   Rochtchina, Elena ^a   Lindley, Richard I ^f   Wardlaw, Joanna M ^g   Hankey, Graeme J ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^e National Medical Research Council   (Singapore)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blood brain barrier; Cerebral lacunes; Retinal microvascular signs; Retinopathy; White matter lesions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LACUNAR STROKE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROVASCULARIZATION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINAL MICROVASCULARIZATION; RETINOPATHY; WHITE MATTER LESION; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MICROVASCULATURE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOLOGY; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; VERY ELDERLY; WHITE MATTER; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROVESSELS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINAL VESSELS; STROKE, LACUNAR; WHITE MATTER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907866443     PISSN: 17474930     EISSN: 17474949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-4949.2012.00865.x     Document Type: Article

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